Unfortunately, people were not so forward-thinking when exploitation of the sea began, and thus we are now stuck with the situation that we do depend on it bein

Unfortunately, people were not so forward-thinking when exploitation of the sea began, and thus we are now stuck with the situation that we do depend on it being there. The damage from it going away would be pretty major, both ecologically, but also in terms of economics for that area. It's a fairly productive area for agriculture, and a lot of that would be impacted. More than it is already.